06. 06. 2009. · Novak Djokovic is second-seeded player in Halle (Germany). The tournament will be played on grass from June 8-14, the prize money is 750,000 €.
Djokovic’s first round opponent will be the world number 58, Simone Bolelli (Italy), and in round 2 he could meet Florent Serra (FRA) or Dudi Sela (ISR).
Full main draw:
[1] FEDERER, Roger SUI vs. QUALIFIER
ROCHUS, Christophe BEL vs. BECK, Andreas GER
KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER vs. PHAU, Bjorn GER
KUNITSYN, Igor RUS vs. [6] TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS
[4] TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried FRA vs. SANTORO, Fabrice FRA
[WC] HAAS, Tommy GER vs. KOUBEK, Stefan AUT
QUALIFIER vs. [WC] ZVEREV, Mischa GER
HERNYCH, Jan CZE vs. [5] BERDYCH, Tomas CZE
[8] SCHUETTLER, Rainer GER vs. GICQUEL, Marc FRA
HANESCU, Victor ROU vs. [WC] BECKER, Benjamin GER
QUALIFIER vs. QUALIFIER
PETZSCHNER, Philipp GER vs. [3] VERDASCO, Fernando ESP
[7] MELZER, Jurgen AUT vs. CLEMENT, Arnaud FRA
TROICKI, Viktor SRB vs. KIEFER, Nicolas GER
SERRA, Florent FRA vs. SELA, Dudi ISR
BOLELLI, Simone ITA vs. [2] DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB
Roger Federer (1) is the defending champion. He won the trophy defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber in the finals last year.
The winner of this year’s Gerry Weber Open will earn 118,500 euros and 250 ATP points.
